"Lauded and loathed: Why the French still can't get enough" Topic
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| Tango01 | 22 Jul 2022 4:34 p.m. PST |
… of Napoleon — 200 years after his death
"Almost every modern French president is measured against emperor who died in exile on May 5, 1821
The afterlife of the glorious dead can be complicated.
Take Napoleon Bonaparte, who died exactly 200 years ago on May 5. For many in France, he is the epitome of French achievement, the man who conquered much of Europe but also remade the structures of his country…"
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| Legionarius | 22 Jul 2022 7:50 p.m. PST |
Oh, the Corsican upstart! |
 deadhead  | 23 Jul 2022 1:54 a.m. PST |
Actually the article is more about (anti) Macron and the suggestion that he models himself on Napoleon. I like the bit about the number of books about him (more than one per day on average since he died!) |
| Tango01 | 23 Jul 2022 3:42 p.m. PST |
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| Au pas de Charge | 25 Jul 2022 7:59 p.m. PST |
Worldwide, there are over 300,000 books written on Napoleon! |
| Tango01 | 26 Jul 2022 3:46 p.m. PST |
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